Attendees:  Stan Belyeu, Rhonda Chesson, Randy Ellis, Jenny Elwell, Roger Lear,
            W.E. Medlin, Rodger Skirvin, John Slocumb, Steve Stewart,
            Marvin Tharp, Judy Ward and Ron Werley (12)

1. Pledge and Invocation by Stan Belyeu.

2. April minutes approved.

3. District Commissioner - Ron Werley:  Ron is meeting soon with a unit that
   is having advancement problems.  He is also visiting some other units to
   recruit Unit Commissioners.  Jenny Elwell has accepted the position as our
   new Cub Roundtable Commissioner and she can use some help.  Thanks, Jenny!

4. Boy Scout Program:

   Advancement - Ed Williams: Ed was not there but sent information on Troop
   advancement.  So far in 2001 we have had 134 Scouts advance in rank.  We
   have 13 Eagles so far this year in that number.

   Eagle Board - Rudy Hines:  Rudy reported by e-mail that in April they had
   4 projects and 3 finals, all approved.  May, so far, has 10 projects and 8
   finals scheduled.

   Training - John Slocumb:  Tri-District SMF had about 70 participants and
   beautiful weather.  The TTT course has a new name (Training Development
   Conference) and a new syllabus.  John is attending a planning meeting and
   will report at the June meeting on the new course.  It looks like the next
   SMF course will be held on it's orginal date of September 7-9, 2001 and not
   in early October.  This will give Wood Badge trainees a chance to go to SMF.

   High Adventure - Steve Stewart:  Venturing Day 2001 was attended by 42
   youth and 21 adults.  They swam (in a very cold lake), did canoeing and
   kayaking and rode mountain bikes around the camp.

   Boy Scout Camporee - Roger Lear for Ed Walsh:  There were about 500 Scouts
   and 140 adults at the Camporee.  29 of our 37 Troops were in attendance.
   The weather was beautiful and thanks to the units that ran the events that
   Jim McGraw had set up, many of our Scouts learned how to use topo maps and
   compasses.  The OA "tapped out" more than 65 new OA members at the campfire
   on Saturday night.

5. Cub Program:

   Cub Day Camp - Rodger Skirvin for Linda Boggs:  Cub Day Camp plans are
   progressing well.  The registration forms are on our Web Site.

   Cub Training - Next Cub BLT will be hosted by Dan Beard on June 2, 2001 at
   the Fuquay-Varina United Methodist Church.

   Cub Advancement - Judy Ward:  Judy reported that the council provided very
   little advancement information as they are concentrating on entering the
   unit charters.

   2001 Cub Family Campout - Jenny Elwell:  Jenny reported on the budget for
   the Campout and provided a copy for the District archives to use next year.

   2002 Cub Family Campout - Randy Ellis:  Randy did a survey of units via
   e-mail to find out if they wanted to use Camp McNeil again or Camp Durant
   or Camp Reeves.  The responses were almost totally in favor of using Camp
   McNeil again due to the excellent facilities and the fact that neither of
   our council camps have the necessary facilities nor the room for the event.
   A motion was made and seconded and voted in to have the Cub Family Campout
   at Camp McNeil.  Randy will proceed with making the camp reservations.

6. Membership/Relationships - Marvin Tharp:

   Roundup - Rhonda Chesson: Based on the survey they did Rhonda said that the
   roundup will be similar to the one we did last year.  The surveys went to
   all the Cubmasters and the response was sparse.  She is lining up the
   locations for the roundup.

7. Finance - Rodger Skirvin: We are currently at $57,439 (82%) of our goal.
   $27,249 came from the Family Campaign and $24,600 from the Leadership
   Campaign.

   Popcorn - Rodger Skirvin for Dusty Fletcher:  The District Popcorn Kick-Off
   for all of our units is TENATIVELY scheduled for September 4, 2001 at 7:30
   pm at St. Francis UMC in Cary (the same place as it was held last year).

8. Activities and Civic Service - Roger Lear for Dusty Fletcher:  Writeups
   on our Mall Expo and Silver Beaver recipients were in the 4/26 Cary News.
   Jane Paige has retired as the editor of the Cary News, so we will have to
   work on developing a new contact at the Cary News.

9. Order of the Arrow - Steve Stewart for Bob Taylor:  OA Spring Inductions
   will be held on May 18-20.

District Committee Members of the Month:  Ed Walsh and Jim McGraw for their
work on the Boy Scout District Spring Camporee.

Calendar for May and June:

MAY          2  District Committee Meeting             Executive
           4-6  Council Canoe Handling Course (River)  High Adventure
             9  District Eagle Board of Review         Boy Scout Advancement
            17  Roundtable/OA/DC Meetings              Commissioner
            17  District Unit Inventories started      Commissioner
         18-20  Order of the Arrow Spring Inductions   Order of the Arrow


JUNE*CHANGED*2  Tri-District Cub BLT - Host: Dan Beard Cub Scout Training
             6  District Committee 6-Month Review      Executive
         10-16  Summer Camp Specialty Week             Council
         10-13  Webelos Resident Camp                  Council
         13-16  Cub Scout Resident Camp                Council
            13  District Eagle Board of Review         Boy Scout Advancement
    17-July 21  Summer Camp (Weeks 1 thru 5)           Council
            21  Roundtable/OA/DC Meetings              Commissioner
         25-29  District Cub & Webelos Day Camp        Cub Program
            29  District Unit Inventories completed    Commissioner

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